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Wayaniko: 



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The Fourth of July, 1776- 

A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACT J, BY MARK 
'■' ALI.KN. 

Ktitered according to Art of<V»nj,'res3. in Iheyear 1874, 

by Mark Allen, in ilie office of the Librarian of 

Congress at Washington, I>. C. 

l^RAMATIS PE'iS=<)X.E 

Gkx. OEonoB Washixgtox. Commander of the Amer- 
ican army. 

John LANOsnowriE. wj7c?<»r the assumed name of Old 
Michael; disguineil as a hunter. 

Mautin Laxi'3!»owne. his brother. 

WxYKSiHo. the vjhtteindian; a runner in the employ 
of Washington; son of Martin Landsdowne and 
t'other nf Rose 

Reginalp Laxpsdowke, hiscousin, under the assumed 
iianif. of Walter. 
•loHN' Hancock, "^ 
Thomas Jefferson-, | 
John Adams, ! Leuders in the 

Ben. Franklin, .' Continental Congress. 

RoGEU Sherman, 
I'HtLip Livingstone, j 

GiiRALD MoYNToN. brother of Lady Marion. 

Brom. a Negro; a countryman; an Indian l*rophet: 
first ami secoivd citizens; first gentleman; gentlenan 
I riends of Reginald; Citizens of Philadelphia; Of' 
"ficers of ^Washington's Staff; Officers and Soldiers cf 
Continental ariiiy. 

Lady Marion. 

RosB Landsdov/ne. 



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Time— July, 1776, 

aTtt I. 

Scene 1 . Washington's camp near JSTew York. 
Mornivg. March heard without l. v. e. 
Soldiers march on from L. U. e. ; go through 
etioliitions, form in order and present arms 
as Gen. Washington and Staff enter L. ti. e. 
and come down, followed by Wayaniko. 
Washington, (c) 
No word from Congress yet ; this long delay is 

tedious, 
Hird to endure, yet duty counsels pitience; 
Subordination to the power above us 
Holds us here, when we would rather follow up 
The work commenceii to its cooipletion: — 
The steps we've tiken are 1 oth bold and noble; 
A glorious future h mgs on our success. 
While failure seals for us the doom of felons; 
The galling chains a tyrant's will his forged. 
We seek to sever, and free our country: — 
While Lexington is fresh in mind, while yet 
The thuuder-notes of Bunker hill re-echo; 
Our watchword should be onward, no pausing. 
No <lelay; before us liberty: — 
Behind us slavery, chains and death. 
Another mess;jge I shall send to day, 
By our swift runner Wayaniko, whom 
I see, awaits my orders here. 

Wayaniko. (e. c.) 
VV,iy iiiiUw i-^ ready to do the bidding of the 



4 WAIAXIKO. 

great chief, on whom Minitou sinile.«, on the 
wir pah, or to carry his niessige to the Great 
( uuncil. 

Washington. 

The Great Council is now assembled at 
Philadelphia, our future action depends on the 
result of their deliberations. This message 
requires despitcih; await its answer and return 
with speed. You know the way? Avoid the 
warriors of King George. 

Wayaniko. 

Wayaniko knows the pith, and he fears not 
the fire-weapons of King George's warriors — 
He will go. 

Washington. 
'Tis well. A f lithful servant to our cause 
I've found in Wayaniko. Gentlemen, 
We will retire. Exenut. 

Flourish of Drums and Trumpets. 

Scene IE. A wood on the banks of Wiamhikon . 

Enter Wayaniko r. h. 

Wayaniko. 

The suns of sixteen summers have melte<l the 

snows of sixteen winters, since the bluody 

hatchet of the rt- d man gleamed in the light of 

my pile father's wigwam, when my white 

mother fell by the keen knife, and my f ither 

fell bleeding by her sid*- — still he lives; so says 

the great prophet cf our tribe; and he will 

come to find his long lost son, Wayaniko, the 

White Indian of the for.-st, the follower of the 

great white chief,Washing»on ; and his daughter, 

the little babe, that, creepmg over its dead 



WAYANIKO. •) 

rsiuthef's hvofist, pliyC'l with hor bloody hair, 
while fhe boy th it is now W.iyauiko the brave 
warrior, stood wfeping oVr his father's 
mangled form. Sixteen tinns the leaves have 
tallen tVoin the trees, and s^ixteen times the 
white snows of winter have covereil them from 
-sight, and tlie birds have sang, and the fluwers 
ot the forest have bloomed; yet he comes not. 
Wnyaniko h;»s a stout and strong arm, 
a, sure eye, and firm nerves; he is a wirrior, 
and the pride of his tribe; but he h is a white 
man's heart, and thinks of the home of his 
infant diiys. He has heard tlie voice of 
Manitou, talking in liis tliunder among 
the clouds, and when h s lightnings hive 
encircled him, he his stood c.ilm and unmoved: 
the big trees of the forest h ive been uprooted 
by the hurrio.me, and the earthquike his 
shaken the rocks of the mount tins, j'ei Wayaniko 
trembled not: but his thouy,hts have been 
turned back to the days of his childhofxl; he 
has remembered the little blue-eyed b.ibe 
creeping in its mother's blood, and his eyes 
h ive been Avatered with tears while his soul 
has thirsted for vengeance. The prophet of my 
people comes. 

Enter Indian Prophet, l. h. 
Prophet, (l. c. ) 
The prophet has w itched the changes of the 
moon; he ins gized upon the stais, as he lay 
beside the solitary li.-ebeneith thespreadingoak 
at miilrn'ght, and he has seen light and darkness 
upon the path of Wayauiko, even as the light 



6 WA\AMKO. 

of the sun, when he sliin'^s forth in all h'lB 
power at rtoon, and after it darkness and 
gloom, like the ilarknesf* of the jirave. I h;ive 
seen in my visions him whom thou hopest lur; 
thou sh ill find thy fither and thy sister; — 
thou shall see her whom thou hast wept for, 
the sister of thy h<'art — hut look! the pale-face 
comts, pride of thy tribe retire. 

They retire b. M. 
Enter Martin Laxd«downe, l, n., with papers. 

Martin, c. 
'Tis true; the suliject of my vision's true; 
Hergrave eoi>tained the proufs,thedreidfulprcof^ 
Of a loved brother's treachery .and criii.e. 
It is too frightful to believe, that he, 
A brother dear, so trusted anti i-o lo\ed. 
Could join with savage nun to blast my hopes 
And raise his hand with villiaiums intent 
'Gainst me and mint — to murdtr in the dark. 
Husband and wife, and dt solate their home, 
Made sacred by the tender ties of love. 
Ytt here are proofs, a_\e sixteen damning prooft^ 
That in her grave were placed by guilty hands; 
One every year, as by their d it(s I see*. 
Which t-jnce that dreadful night have rolled 

away. 
My son still lives; so read I here. Alas! 
His nature changed to that of savage n-en ; 
My daughter too, my darling child is h re. 
An outcast midst th< se wild.'—thf y must l»e found 
To cheer my saddened heart, which else must 

sink 
In desolation to the waiting tomb 

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WAYAMKO. 7 

The Prophet and IVaynviko ad ranee. 

Prophet (to Wayaniko). 
'Tis he! 

Thy t'lther, Wnynniko; see him liPi-e. 
The prophet oi thy people spe.-iks not lies, — 
'lis he of whom thouot't' has dreamed, ot wIjoiu 
[ oft' have spoken. 

WaYamko {advancitigto 'Slaitin). 

Let tlie pile face listen. 1 am Wayaniko, the 
White Indian of the fore^*t, and tlie pn.phtt of 
my people bids me speik. When Wayaniko 
was a boy, and had seen but six summers, the 
red Tiidians, with the die.id war cry, tlu? sliarp 
hatchet, and keen knife, came in tiie stillness 
and darkness of the night into my white fither's 
wigwam, led by a rouyli white mm. and 1 siw 
my motlier f dl bleeding and dead beneath his 
knife, and my f ither fall senseless by her side, 
I stood over him in terror and dismiy, while 
my little sister, unco scious of her loss, creeping 
over her dead mother's breast, played with her 
blooily hair. I was dragged aw ly by the tierce 
white man, to the red In*lian8 of the woo<l, nnd 
became a warrior, and have never seen her 
since Jut the piophet of my people says she 
lives, the great Manitou has shown me visions 
of my sister and father, and the prophet has 
toM me you are he. 

Martix, ((jraspiny the hand of \\ayaniko). 
My son! 

Wayaniko. 
My f ither: — Wayaniko is a warrior and an 
Indian of the wood, but he h is a pile fice heart 
and can love the f ither of his infant days. 



» WAYAMKO. 

INIvKTIX. 

Thank hoMvon; the hour has come, th it blct-sed 

hour 
I oft' have pr lyed, have hoped for, now isliere: 
Thou art found'. — though in tlic girb of sivajpe 

men, 
Thou h if«t ji gent'e nature left. 'Tis true 
Thy sister lives, whom wetliis niglu sh.dl find. 
Come thou with me. 

Wataniko 
The prophet of my people w.iits for me. 

PkOI'IIKT. 

Go! "Wiiy.iniko, go! — follow thy white fjthei-; 
the Great S|)irit has spoken; dai-kness falls 
upon thy s"ster's brow, which thy coming sliall 
remove with blood. The Prophet's work is done 
— his head is whitened with the snows of many 
winters, and iiis race is lun; he will go sing his 
de ith song, tor the winter of his life h is come. 
W ly iniko, we meet no more. Exit R. n. 

Wayaniko {//azp.x after him, iheu spealis) 

Will my white father show AV.iyaniko the 
p ith •.' 

Martix. 

Come! Exit R. ti . 

Scene ITL. — ..^ room in Lady Mf/yro/^s monf^ion 
Lai/y Marion discovered writinfj. 
Lai'Y .M. (/•?sj/?g and adoancing c.) 
'Tis done! 

This paper finished hna a show of foul. 
And deep laid treoahei-y in 't vvliich with 
The others, :is intercepted letters 
Fi-om the leaders of the rebel congress 



WATAXIKO. 



Lriid before this evening's council, 
Will set them on, unwittingly, ;tg;iinst 
Their own friends, and furtherniy dark purpose 
T. spread rudedisjord in the rebel ranks. 
Crush out their hopes, blast all their plans to free 
Themselves from England's government, and 

make 
The rebel Washington a king. Yet hold! 
I've one thing more to be accomplished ere 
I have my scheme complete; voung Landsdowne, 

he 
Must lead this enterprise — I've seen him oft' 
Of late, unknown to him, deeply disguised 
In hunter's girb, roaming these v^ilds {rin^si 

bell) — I know thee, 
Reginald, and thou art leagued with rebels; 
IJut I've a deep laid plot shall ujake of thee 
The instrument to scatter consternation 
'Mongst the rebel hosts, and overthrow their 
Scare-crow gtivernment. 
Enter Servant, r. h. 

Lady M. {to servant). 
Show in the maid that waits without. 

Exit servant r. u. 
Now then to speak with Rose; 
Young Rt ginald loves her, — I've heard tiiey hold 
Clandestine meetings, but I've resolved, and, 
If my purpose fail not, I'll thwart him there. 
And give her to my brother: — here she comes. 
YMfer Rose r. h. 
Rose. 

Good THorning Lady Marion, I've come 
At^your request. 



10 wayaniko. 

Lady M. 
{Jlside)'Now dark, dissembling nature hide my 

purpose, 
Seal up my thoughts, make action meaningless; 
While I, in tender, lamb-like guise, address 
This un.suspecting girl, [to Rose] My dearest 

Kose, 
Good morrow — when last we met you told me 
Of a brother lost, your f ither spoke of — 
Rose. 
'Tis true fair lady; oft' I have wept, and often 
I have prayc'i thit I might see th;it brother. 

Lady M. 
You cm, if living — 
There's one within ray grounds who reads the 

stars, 
A most profound astrologer, and he, 
To-night, shall show to you his image: — 
Aye, if on this side the eternal world, 
Yuu shall behoM your brother, and the act 
In which he is eng iged , when 3'ou 
His image see. Come hitlier, then, to-night, 
Adieu. Exit Rose R. h. 

Lady M,, Solus. 
She's gone, her mind impressed with full 

conviction 
Of the truth of all I've uttered here; 
But could she see the venom in my breast. 
Head there the rankling hite for her, who dares 
To come between me and the man I love. 
She'd loathe and spurn me as the crawling snake. 
But to my purpose, Gerald awaits my 
Coming in the wool, I must begone. 
Now for my di'ep, dark work; heart, nerves, be 

steel'd, 



-wrAYANIKO. 11 

.\or to vt^iiiorse or riickening pity yield, 

P2x'd L. H. 



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